Celebrating Poundbury Magazine Issue 5: Celebrating 25 years of Poundbury | Page 66

EVENTS Family fun at the Lighthouse in Poole What's On JANUARY 1: New Year Johann Strauss Gala, Lighthouse Poole 6: Farmer’s Market, Queen Mother Square, Poundbury 6: Poole Harbour Bird Boats, sailing from Poole Quay 12: The Circus of Horrors, Lighthouse Poole 13: Cirque Enchatment, Weymouth Pavilion 13: The Ugly Duckling, Lighthouse Poole 24-25: Giselle, Lighthouse Poole 26: Abba Forever, Bournemouth Pavilion 26-28: Swan Lake, Lighthouse Poole FEBRUARY 3: Farmer’s Market, Queen Mother Square, Poundbury 3: Anton & Erin, Bournemouth Pavilion 10: Buddy Holly: A Legend Reborn, Weymouth Pavilion 10- 10 May: Dippy the Dinosaur, Dorset County Museum 11-19: Half-term at Studland Bay 11-19: Half-term at Corfe Castle 11-19: Half-term at Moors Valley Country 11-19: Half-term at Bovington Tank Museum 11-19: Half-term at Monkey World Children's theatre with The Pixies Scarf Dorchester Marathon 17: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Stevie Wonder Tribute, Weymouth Pavilion Continued from page 65 Before that take an enchanted trip to a land of toys, sweets and fairies with Tchaikovsky’s beautiful ballet music to The Nutcracker accompanied by specially created visuals that will bring the story to life. Younger children will also adore this year’s festive offering in the Sherling Studio at the Lighthouse – Three Little Pigs from Dorset’s Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company - which runs from 9 – 24 December. Perfect for ages two and beyond, this brand-new show is chock full of puppets, music, comedy and thrills. INTO THE NEW YEAR The New Year is a great time to start filling in the 2018 calendar with events not to be missed. Celebrating Poundbury’s website regularly updates its events guide so have a look online. February sees a special visit from Dippy the Dinosaur to the Dorset County Museum on his UK tour. With Spring to look forward to, Dorset’s farms open their gates for lambing season, allowing visitors to learn about the importance of farming to the local community and watch some live action! Locally, Kingston Maurward hosts an annual lambing weekend in March taking place on the third and fourth of the month. Easter is a great time of year in Dorset, not least for all the wonderful Easter egg hunts that take place around the county. Since opening in 2013, Boo’s Toy Shop in Poundbury’s Buttermarket has organised lots of community events and has become well- known for its annual Easter egg hunt. The Easter bunny visits to hand out chocolate eggs to the children who take part. 66 WWW.CELEBRATINGPOUNDBURY.CO.UK 11-19: Half-term at Adventure Wonderland 18: Paul Weller, Bournemouth BIC Abbotsbury Gardens also holds an annual Easter egg hunt and National Trust attractions, including Corfe Castle, Kingston Lacy and Thomas Hardy’s houses in both Thorncombe Wood and Max Gate. Weymouth's historic sea defence, Nothe Fort has regular events taking place throughout the year. There are many highlights on the Dorset events calendar taking place before the busy summer season starts again. DORCHESTER MARATHON On the back of the success of Dorchester’s first marathon and half marathon, the next one is gearing up to be even bigger and is already widely supported. The date will be Sunday 27 May 2018. All money raised on the day will be donated to The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, local charities and good cause by Dorchester Rotary. In total, more than £13,000 has been raised for good causes and almost £6,000 of it was handed out at the celebration event. There were around 1,400 runners in the two races through a route that takes in Dorchester town centre and surrounding villages. The event was set up originally to raise money for local charities and good causes as well as to support the local economy and inspire community participation. The organisers are pleased with the success of the event, bringing 3,000 extra visitors to the county town over the weekend. Visit dorchestermarathon.co.uk for more details. Win.. . We have a little secret. The legendary folk singer Dean Friedman will be playing a secret Poundbury gig on 7 July 2018. We have two exclusive tickets to give away for lucky Celebrating Poundbury readers. www. celebratingpoundbury. co.uk/dean-friedman for details of how you can win 20: Jimmy Osmond: Moon River and Me, Weymouth Pavilion 21-22: Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Lighthouse Poole 24-25: Lighthouse Holistic Festival, Lighthouse Poole MARCH 3: Farmer’s Market, Queen Mother Square, Poundbury 3: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Poole 3-4: Lambing Weekend, Kingston Maurward, Dorchester 5 : Stereophonics, Bournemouth BIC 6-7: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Lighthouse Poole 8: Jasper Carrott, Weymouth Pavilion 10: Katherine Ryan, Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR EVENT 11: Paloma Faith, Bournemouth BIC We like to feature the best events across Dorset. If you have an event for our next edition or to be featured on celebratingpoundbury.co.uk please email us on [email protected] 14: Milton Jones, Weymouth Pavilion 15-18: Michael McIntyre, Bournemouth BIC 27: Russell Brand, Bournemouth BIC WWW.CELEBRATINGPOUNDBURY.CO.UK 67